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My Roommate Was Gaybashed
#26My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 1:34pm
This sucks, its also happening a lot in dc lately.
Oh and Goth you really are vile person .
#27My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 1:39pm
Jordan, that is terrible and I hope your roommate is doing fine.
Goth, you crossed the moral event horizon and need to go the **** away forever.
#28My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 1:39pm
I'm sending prayers to your roommate.
May he find strength, courage and peace of mind surrounding this ordeal.
#30My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 1:59pm
And of cource he won't post in here again,as usual he
Just hits and runs like the coward he is.
#31My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 2:10pmThe angry replies were all he wanted anyway. After all these years, Goth is not that stupid, just very Sadistic.
#32My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 2:33pm
Since it was MY "comment" that GOTH aka TROLL "commented on, thanks everybody for replying. I, however, will never, ever reply to GOTH. Let's just ignore. Only an ILLITERATE like GOTH wouldn't know the DIFFERENCE between AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL ASSAULT ON AN INNOCENT PERSON and a "statement" on a msg board. Don't bother responding Goth. This is for EVERYBODY ELSE on this thread that actually HAS HUMANITY.
Updated On: 3/27/12 at 02:33 PM
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#33My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 2:45pm
It irritates me when anybody anywhere uses the word "bash" to mean anything other than a big party, or a physical assault. I hate it when people on here write things like, "Why do you guys keep bashing 'End of the Rainbow'?" or "Everybody's bashing me for my opinion."
It makes me want to punch somebody.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#34My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 4:32pm
Could we please get an update on the roommate's condition?
#35My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 4:37pm
He's fine. Like I said before, he's bruised up but the scars are far more emotional than physical.
But the point of this thread really was to remind everyone here (because this only happened two blocks away from the theaters we all go to on a regular basis) to please just be careful of your surroundings. :)
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#36My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 5:11pm
Which is why I carry a tazer....
I hope your roommie is doing better!
roomie...not Tommie... stoopid spell check...
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#37My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 5:11pm
...and dress "butch".
I'm glad to know he's okay.
ArtMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/08
#38My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 9:40pmThe emotional part will be the hardest for him to recover from. Noone fully understands unless they have it experienced it for themselves. I had a gun shoved into my face, years ago, and my best friend at the time, couldn't understand why I just couldn't "get over it". I quickly realized he was no real friend.
#39My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 9:43pmArtman, that happened to me once, as well. I was 16 and I'll never "get over" that.
#40My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 9:48pm
Did your roommate contact AVP? Sometimes people are reluctant to do so, because they are closeted or afraid--or because it was a pick-up crime and they are ashamed of having engaged in anonymous sex.
Here is the information on AVP's 24-hour bilingual hotline. Please print it out and leave it for your roommate:
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The AVP Hotline
AVP's hotline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Our professional counselors and trained volunteers offer emotional and practical support to victims of violence. Support is available in both English and Spanish. All calls are confidential, and callers can remain anonymous. AVP is a BDSM and kink-aware organization. The AVP hotline: (212) 714-1141.
Hate Violence:
Hate violence—ranging from vandalism to harassment to bullying to assault to murder — are acts of violence motivated by the perptrator(s) prejudices against a specific group of people. Incidents of bias or hate motivated violence are committed against people of color, homeless people, elderly people, people with disabilities, immigrants, LGBTQ and HIV-affected people, and others every single day in the U.S.
Our hotline provides crisis counseling around the clock, while staff members offer intensive short-term counseling. In addition, staff may accompany survivors to hospitals, the police station, to court, or social services agencies, to help survivors report the crime and access services, and also help file claims for emergency benefits from the NYS Office of Victims Services. If you have experienced any type of hate violence, call the AVP hotline: (212) 714-1141.
Pick-Up Crimes
Pick-up crimes are one of the least discussed forms of violence committed against LGBTQH communities. A pick-up crime occurs when two or more strangers meet up, usually for sex. Sometimes they meet online before meeting in person and sometimes they meet in a public area initially. Sometimes it is in the context of recreational sex and other times, it is in the context of sex work. Pick-ups (also known as cruising) usually happen without incident, but sometimes people pick-up or cruise others with the intent to harm. The range of crimes committed includes humiliation, assault, sexual assault, robbery, and homicide. Incidents sometimes occur at the pick-up site or sometimes at a more private location. Victims of pick-up crimes often feel an extra sense of shame or a fear of reporting because they engaged in anonymous sex or sex work and fear being blamed or arrested. Being victimized in this very personal way is never the victim's fault.
AVP maintains the confidentiality of people accessing our services and will provide assistance with police reporting, only if the victim chooses to do so. AVP also works with victims of pick-up crimes through advocacy, counseling, and safety planning. Through reports received by victims, AVP has been able to identify serial perpetrators of these crimes and notify the community.If you have been the victim of a pick-up crime, call the AVP hotline: (212) 714-1141.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#41My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 10:32pmIt's also important that AVP gathers accurate statistics about violence against queer folks each year.
#42My Roommate Was Gaybashed
Posted: 3/27/12 at 10:44pmAnd if he doesn't report it, he's helping the bashers bash again.
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